This Country Report and accompanying data annex provide a comprehensive
overview of Israel's telecoms market, including KPIs and data on
subscribers, penetration, revenue and ARPU. The Report analyses the
strategies of major players in the country's fixed and mobile telecoms
markets, and includes market share data and operators' infrastructure
status. It also includes an analysis of the market outlook, focusing on
the following trends and emerging opportunities.

- A reduction in mobile termination rates (MTRs) has had material impact
on mobile revenue.

- The removal of early termination fines and handset locking has
contributed to price erosion and has resulted in a notable increase in
churn among postpaid subscribers.

- New entrants have resulted in intense competition and downward
pressure on pricing.

- A relaxation of regulation has paved the way for market consolidation,
allowing service providers to offer service bundles.

Data coverage

Analysys (News - Alert) Mason's country report data annxes provide a range of key
metrics for each country's telecoms market. Figures are supplied for
each year since 2007. The data annex was last updated in August 2012.
Metrics include the following.

Fixed telecoms market

Connections

- voice

- broadband (split by access technology: DSL and cable modem)

- dial-up Internet.

Revenue

- service revenue: total, as a percentage of GDP and per capita per month

- split by prepaid and contract; handset and broadband; and 2G and 3G.

Revenue

- service revenue, total and split by: prepaid and contract; as a
percentage of GDP; per capita per month; voice, non-voice, P2P
messaging, and content and data (for handset-based service revenue); and
mobile broadband

- ARPU, total and split by: prepaid and contract; and handset voice and
non-voice services